Asus ROG Strix Hero II

By Kevin Lee

Not too long ago, budget gaming laptops felt inexpensive in the worst of ways, with terrible TN screens and shoddy plastic bodies. However, these days they’re a huge step forward, with excellent built quality to match their impressive gaming performance, all while maintaining a reasonable price.

The Asus ROG Strix Hero II, announced at Computex 2018, furthers this trend with a nearly bezel-less display and enough RGB lighting to make your friends jealous. Best of all, every Asus ROG Strix Hero II is well equipped with the latest Intel Coffee Lake processors and up to Nvidia GTX 1060 graphics.

Price and availability

The Asus ROG Strix Hero II starts at a none-too-shabby $1,699 (about £1,270, AU$2,240), which is pretty decent when you consider it comes equipped with an Intel Core i7-8750H, GTX 1060 6GB, Full HD 144Hz display 16GB 2666Mhz RAM, 256GB PCIe SSD and a 1TB FireCuda SSHD.

Those are practically the same specs you’ll find on the Acer Predator Helios 300, which costs a much more affordable $1,099 (about £820, AU$1,450), but also comes with a plain old Full HD 60Hz display.

Of course, the recently announced Special Edition version of Acer’s affordable gaming laptop would be a …read more

Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac